Thanks guys. I'm tried a little apt-getting, but its having a fit over the 
java development kit. so I'm going to download that on another system and try 
to copy it across and set it up.

Thanks again.

Rob T

On Sunday 22 June 2003 10:01, Chris Deigan wrote:
> Robert Tillsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I just installed debian (well the bits that seemed to work).
> >I've been able to log into the console, but I wouldn't mind seeing if the
> > GUI is up.
> >
> >All I can remember about how to get into a gui is xstart, but that doesn't
> >work. Anyone know what command I need?
>
> startx
>
> If you haven't got it installed, run 'tasksel' as root
> If your current setup config doesn't work run either 'xf86config' or
> 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' (xf86config is old, and the debconf
> way will set things up like dri and is generaly better)
>
>  - Chris
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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